reader comments 13 with 10 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] Dani (Florence Pugh) tags along with her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) to a Swedish festival in a remote village that is not at all what it seems in Midsommar. The seemingly harmless inhabitants of a remote Swedish village are harboring a terrible secret ..
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Psht, who needs ‘em? reader comments 49 with 42 posters participating Share this story It has been about a month since Microsoft announced its disc-drive-free, “All Digital” Xbox One S. At the time, we pointed out that the system’s $249.99 MSRP was unsustainably high given the fact that standard 1TB Xbox One S systems, complete ..
Enlarge / Breakpoint is the first Ubsioft game in recent memory to never be made available on Steam. reader comments 127 with 68 posters participating Share this story Gamers hoping to stick with Steam and avoid Epic’s major effort to compete in PC game distribution will have to ignore two more major upcoming PC titles, ..
reader comments 15 with 12 posters participating Share this story The inside of the Bethlehem Chapel replica, which is a small chapel in the basement of the cathedral. It is nearly complete except for the vaulted ceilings. What the chapel looks like in real life from the same vantage point The whole model, so far, ..
Enlarge / The $600 HP Reverb (left) and $400 Oculus Rift S (right). reader comments 13 with 10 posters participating Share this story By the end of 2019, many major VR headset manufacturers seem poised to launch a new “statement” product for PCs. This month sees two such headsets reach store shelves: the Oculus Rift ..
Enlarge / How do you know it’s Detective Pikachu, not just standard Pikachu? Clues: the hat, the magnifying glass, the lush fur. Warner Bros. / The Pokemon Company reader comments 27 with 25 posters participating Share this story Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is the best video game adaptation I’ve ever seen in a theater. And it’s ..
reader comments 33 with 27 posters participating, including story author Share this story [embedded content] Behold, slowdown destroyed! Many gamers of a certain age (this author included) remember the early ’90s disappointment of buying the SNES version of hit arcade shmup Gradius III. In magazine screenshots, the game’s huge, colorful sprites were a sight to ..
reader comments 118 with 81 posters participating, including story author Share this story It’s back! Again! Depending on where you freeze-frame the trailer, you’ll see different versions of the characters’ renders. We think this shot, with some slight fuzziness and smoothed-over details, is most representative of the mid-action character renders. And that’s pretty great. Other ..
reader comments 172 with 119 posters participating Share this story Video game loot boxes View more stories Enlarge / Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today announced plans to introduce “The Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act,” which would target “the exploitation of children through ‘pay-to-win’ and ‘loot box’ monetization practices by the ..
reader comments 72 with 61 posters participating Share this story [embedded content] HBO’s new Watchmen series. The clock is ticking faster and faster as the world escalates toward destruction in the first teaser for Watchmen, HBO’s forthcoming new miniseries based on the hugely popular graphic novel by Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. (Some spoilers below for ..
